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| Sikh children in US schools targets |
| Sikh children in US schools targets of hate
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| INDIA
, 18-March-2014
3:33:24 AM |
| More than half of Sikh children in US schools endure bullying with over two-thirds of turbaned Sikh children among its worst victims, according to a new national report. Sikh children have been punched, kicked, and had their turbans ripped off by fellow students, it found.
Focused on Seattle, Indianapolis, Boston, and Fresno, California metropolitan Areas, the report, titled "Go Home Terrorist" - A Report on Bullying Against Sikh American School Children, was released last week on Capitol Hill, seat of US Congress.
The bullying of Sikh children is often associated with post-9/11 bias, the report found with epithets such as "terrorist" or "Bin Laden" frequently accompanying verbal and physical abuse.
According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, 32 percent of all students between ages 12 to 18 report that they are bullied in school. Turbaned Sikh children are likely to experience bullying at more than double the national rate, the report said.
Consistently, Sikh children have called on educators and administrators to teach more about Sikhs and the Sikh religion in order to build understanding in school, it noted.
The report cites lack of federal data on the bullying of Sikh school children as a systematic concern that should be addressed in order to better diagnose and target efforts to solve the issue.
In addition, the absence of or negative representation of Sikhs in school textbooks nationwide was cited by the report as an opportunity to better combat or mitigate school bullying.
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